chafe
chayf
- n soreness and warmth caused by friction
he had a nasty chafe on his knee - n anger produced by some annoying irritation
- v become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
- v feel extreme irritation or anger
- v cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- v tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading
This leash chafes the dog's neck - v cause friction
- v warm by rubbing, as with the hands
- Political control is of the familiarly unyielding Chinese style: the Uighurs chafe under Beijing's grasp and have demanded independence.
- Her East Berlin neighbors may chafe under the drab dictatorship of the proletariat, but she believes.
- Will such money-spinning creative talents chafe under Disney's more restrictive corporate culture? No one knows if they'd even stick around.